Table 3.

Collation of preselected music genre preferences.

Music genres	Preoperative	Postoperative
Mandatory playlist prior to surgery	9 (10.8%)	16 (19.3%)
Chinese songs	14 (16.9%)	8 (9.6%)
Religious themed	15 (18.1%)	12 (14.5%)
Disney tunes	12 (14.5%)	7 (8.4%)
Instrumental	14 (16.9%)	7 (8.4%)
Modern	16 (19.3%)	6 (7.2%)
Oldies	10 (12.0%)	6 (7.2%)
Ambient	19 (22.9%)	14 (16.9%)
Indian songs	2 (2.4%)	2 (2.4%)
Korean songs	2 (2.4%)	1 (1.2%)
Malay songs	1 (1.2%)	1 (1.2%)
Movies and musicals	3 (3.6%)	1 (1.2%)
Waltz and tango	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)

Values are represented as number (proportion).